Background Technology has dramatically changed almost all aspects of human life, giving us amazing communication ability, a healthcare revolution, financial opportunities, and safe energy, all growing at exponential rates. These benefits become risks if the technology...
Over the past year, news outlets have been buzzing about Facebook, now called “Meta”, collecting vast amounts of data from healthcare organizations and tax return companies. Some of these companies are announcing breaches as a result of this data collection. Why...
In its second annual Velocity healthcare data breach report, Stern Security has critically analyzed over 5,000 data breaches since the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) began tracking the information in 2009. Stern Security utilized data from their...
WRAL TechWire, the leading technology news publication in the Carolinas, highlighted Velocity at the top of their Venture Connect conference coverage. Jon Sternstein, the Founder and CEO of Stern Security, took the stage at CED's Venture Connect conference. He...
There are hundreds of cybersecurity products on the market and it can be difficult to select one between the noise. Do you select a cybersecurity product based on an alert you see on the news? Choose based on an advertisement or magazine article? Do...
In April of 2023, CISA released version 2.0 of their Zero Trust Maturity Model. What is CISA? The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is a U.S. federal agency that is responsible for strengthening cybersecurity across the government. The...
Since 2-factor authentication is one of the most essential cybersecurity measures, we decided to showcase some cybersecurity and compliance frameworks that recommend 2-factor authentication controls. The frameworks we reviewed include: FFIEC CAT (The Federal...
At Stern Security, we have declared February 2nd as Two-Factor Authentication Day! The date is 2/2 so naturally it’s the best day for this holiday. This is a day to spread awareness about 2-factor authentication which is one of the most important ways to...
What is 405(d) HICP? 405(d) Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices (HICP) is a healthcare cybersecurity framework created out of a congressional mandate from the Cybersecurity Act of 2015. Section 405(d) of this mandate has a goal to strengthen the...
The 2022 Triangle InfoSeCon event hosted by Raleigh's ISSA was on September 9th, 2022. To a full crowd, Stern Security's Founder & CEO, Jon Sternstein, gave a presentation titled: "Break Down Silos & Secure the Planet". The presentation abstract was the...
